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Date: Tue, 24 Sep 96 08:29:12 CDT
From: Mike.Nix@amd.com (Michael Nix)
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Subject: FreeBSD 2.1.5 SCSI install.
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     Hello:

     I just purchased a new PC, and FreeBSD 2.1.5 to run on it.
     Installation from a CD-ROM did not work.
     Installation from a DOS partition did not work.

     Installation of a minimum system from floppy-disks worked well.

     The details of my hardware are:

          AMD 486-133MHz PCI-bus mother-board from American Megatrends.
          Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller.
          2.1GB Seagate SCSI disk-drive for DOS.
          1.2GB Hewlet-Packard SCSI disk-drive for FreeBSD.
          Plextar 4X SCSI CD-ROM drive.
          Stealth Video-card.
          33600 Baud internal modem (I do not remember the manufacturer).
          Creative Technologies Sound-Blaster-16 card.
          Gravis game-port card.

     While trying to install FreeBSD from the CD-ROM, or from DOS disk-space,
     I would get multiple errors complaining about check-sum erorrs and
     premature end-of-files.  The CD-ROM drive, and the DOS disk_drive
     work well for DOS applications.

     When doing the installation from floppy-disks, I had no harware problems
     or warnings.  The FreeBSD manual was a little incomplete:  Be sure
     to copy all the files in /bin on to floppies, not just those listed
     in the table.

     Now, I need to spend some time debugging my hardware problem so that
     I can get the rest of the operating system loaded.

     Hopefully, this will be of some help to those trying to get 2.1.5 up
     on a SCSI system.

                                              Sincerely,
                                              Michael Nix
                                              AMD, Austin
                                              September 24, 1996  8:22 a. m.